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Teucrium polium L. is a member of the Lamiaceae family and is represented in the Flora of Syria by two variety: Teucrium polium var. angustifolium and Teucrium polium var. mollissimum. Teucrium polium is a wild-growing flowering plant, found abundantly in Syria, and it is used traditional medicine for it’s diuretic, antipyretic, antispasmodic, tonic, anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive, anorexic, analgesic, antibacterial and anti-diabetic effects. Several reports have demonstrated a wide range of beneficial biological and pharmacological activities of the phenylethanoid, phenylpropanoid and flavonoid components, while the furano neo-clerodane diterpenoids present in germander have been implicated in the in–vivo hepatotoxicity of this botanical. Phytochemical studies of this plant have been carried out. Aerial parts of the plant were extracted with petroleum ether at room temperature, and then extract with methanol in Soxhlet, and finally extract with aqueous methanol at room temperature successively. Fractionation of the methanol extract by column chromatography and purification by crystallization yielded three known flavonoids cirsimartin, cirsiliol, and apigenin. The aqueous methanolic extract yielded one new neo-clerodane type diterpenoid, syrapolin...
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The traditional Indian medicine – Ayurveda, describes various herbs, fats, oils and minerals with anti-aging as well as wound healing properties. Wounds are the result of injuries to the skin that disrupt the soft tissue. Wound healing can be defined as a complex dynamic process results in the restoration of anatomic continuity and function. Various plant products have been used in the treatment of wounds over the years. Wound healing herbal extracts promote blood clotting, fight infection, and accelerate the healing of wounds. Hence in the current review, a list of the plants used in traditional medicine for the treatment of wounds was screened. It is a beneficial work for researchers to provide many details about the wound healing herbs and development of safe and effective and globally accepted herbal drugs for cuts and...
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Calotropis gigantea, belonging to the family of Asclepiadaceae. The plant has the antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity, analgesic activity, anti-pyretic activity, insecticidal activity, cytotoxicity activity, hepatoprotective activity, purgative properties and wound healing activity. The present paper is an attempt to provide a detailed botanical description, classification, phytochemical and various pharmacological activity study of the...
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Natural products and herbal remedies used in traditional folklore medicine have been the source of many medically beneficial drugs because they elicit fewer side effects, relatively cheap, affordable and claimed to be effective. However, in order to make these remedies acceptable to modern medicine, there is a need to scientifically evaluate them to identify the active principles and to understand their mechanism of action. Tephrosia villosa Pers. (Fabaceae) is a medicinal plant widely used as a folk medicine in India. The present study deals with the isolation and partial purification of bioactive compounds from the crude methanol extracts of the leaves of Tephrosia villosa Pers. The quantification and the identification of compounds in the crude extract and active bands isolated by preparative TLC were accomplished using spectroscopic analysis. The most important compounds β-sitosterol identified in the crude extract appreciable amounts may account for its various biological...
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The present study aims to standardize Amritarishta based upon chromatographic and spectral studies. The spectral data and HPTLC fingerprint of ethanolic extract of Amritarishta could be used as a valuable analytical tool in the routine standardization of Amritarishta to check the batch to bath variation. Fraction, I and II of ethanolic extract of Amritarishta and standard luteolin and apigenin, were compared by TLC, HPTLC, and HPLC analysis to evaluate the presence of luteolin and apigenin is employing toluene: ethyl acetate: glacial acetic acid (5:4:1 v/v/v), as a mobile phase respectively. The Rf values (0.64) and (0.81) for luteolin and apigenin in both sample and reference standard were found comparable under UV light at 366 nm respectively. The High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography method developed for quantization was simple, accurate and specific. The present standardization provides a specific and accurate tool to develop qualifications for identity, transparency, and reproducibility of biomarkers luteolin and apigenin in a liquid...
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